Die, Mommie, Die! - A Comedy-Thriller by Charles Busch

Hollywood glamour meets Greek tragedy in this riotous comic thriller from playwright and star, Charles Bush. Die, Mommie, Die! is a hilarious mixture of whodunits, double-crossings and suspenseful twists, where no one is who they seem, all served up with a funny, false-eyelashed wink.

Reviews & Ratings

Quotes & Highlights

“Uproariously funny.” —WOR Radio
“An exquisite parody.” —Variety
“Delightfully knowing and cheerfully lewd.” —Time Out New York
“Irresistibly evil.” —New York Times

Description

A riotous comedy thriller steeped in the glamour of 1960s Hollywood,_ Die, Mommie, Die! _stars playwright Charles Busch as Angela Arden, a fallen pop diva trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. Desperate to find happiness with her younger lover, Angela becomes the prime suspect when Sol turns up dead. In a plot that reflects Greek tragedy as well as Hollywood kitsch, Angela’s manipulative daughter convinces her “emotionally disturbed” brother that together they must avenge their father’s death … by killing their mother!